Editor’s Pick

A fantasy of manners and civilization.

In this sequel to The Aphorisms of Kherishdar and The Admonishments of Kherishdar, the gentle Calligrapher is sent to succor the broken priest of Shame. Will he be in time to rehabilitate one of the empire’s greatest assets? And what will happen in the House of Flowers? A genteel, conversational fantasy of society, culture . . . and the perversions that threaten them.
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A free online science fiction/western serial.

The world as we know it is gone. It’s become a vast desert wasteland where you could ride a sand bike for hundreds of miles before seeing signs of civilization. Our cities are long destroyed. Others have risen up in their ashes, but it’s taken thousands of years. A small number of wealthy business tycoons have managed to thrive in . . .

When magic is used to create worlds unexpected things happen. This is a collection of stories about these unexpected things, the people who deal with them, and why you shouldn’t play with things you don’t understand.
Thirteen fae families travel to a new world after using up all the magic within their old world and they attempt to stop . . .

Tales from the Wizard's End of the Staff

It has been eighty years since the since the last Conjunction of the Three Realms and the accompanying Riven War wrecked havok on the world of Aethros. Since then the Wizards of the North have worked hard to reshape thier identities, forge the Alliance of the Thirteen Greater and Lesser Kingdoms and prepare for the next conjunction, barely more than . . .

‘The Viscount’s Son’ is a fictional blog that tells the story of book conservator, Emma, and her online project—to transcribe an ancient and mysterious text. The trouble is, Emma’s colleague, Jack, believes the medieval ‘diary’ is a fake. Emma decides to translate the text and leave it up to her readers to decide—so what will you think? Follow Emma’s journey . . .

Ciro buys more than he bargained for when he purchases a slave capable of bypassing the brand on her magic. He drags her on a journey with him to learn her secrets, but his own may kill them both.
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Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, with all the important bits removed.

The house was full of packing-cases. Even the pretty lawn at the side was to pack up, stiffly and slowly, through the bare echoing November. The very robin that her father had so often made, with his own hands, more gorgeous than ever; amber and golden; here, at this bed of thyme, began to speak of carrots. The grand inarticulate . . .

When everything lies in the balance, an hour is not enough.

Glyph Young awakes in a torture chamber with a demon who is intent on extracting information he doesn’t have. Glyph is forced to adapt as he is left with only one hour each day in his apartment before he is transported back again for more torture. Clinging to any scrap of reality he can find, Glyph embarks on a journey . . .

In a world where Superheroes and villains exist, the conflicts that can not be solved by mere words will inevitably rise.
Jack Mercer, a 17 year old high school student, becomes a victim in an unavoidable tragedy – but it also becomes the catalyst for an incredible change in him which will either lead him down the path to . . .

The enormous beating wings.
The shrill cries of malice.
The mighty beasts that were feared throughout the land.
Can you remember them?
Awakening shrouded in darkness with no memory of her past, Hina soon finds that discovering who she is will lead to more than she asked for: A mighty beast of a secret- kept by the gods themselves.
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What if humans from Earth are orcs to the rest of the universe?

Mankind on earth had no idea where humans really came from. The history of a war spanning millions of years and humanity’s creation as shock troops by angels isn’t exactly taught in modern history books. Unfortunately for Lilly Knight and Marcus Vallerand, learning the truth comes at a very high price.
Lilly, a New York based lawyer, gets more . . .

Welcome to AndTheAdventureContinued by me, TearlessNevermore. This is my first attempt at creating a fantasy webserial with superpowers.
It may be funny, it may be sad and at times there may be moderate amounts of violence and sarcasm. I will endeavour to avoid punning where possible but it may be inevitable on occasion.
The setting is Nevearth, specifically . . .

About how relationships can ruin our social lives

A girl and her demon. A three way gang war. An international paramilitary coalition that doesn’t seem to do anything. Unemployment and college.
Life is more complicated than it seems, and Mari Arnitt, who just wants to be good, will hold the city of New Mumbai, maybe even the future of public policy towards the supernatural, in her hands.
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Random Editorial Review

May 19, 2017: Wow. This story is pretty spectacular. A highly original setting, in which right away we are plunged into a crisis – A monster is destroying their floating castle’s water harvesting equipment – almost before we have time to meet the two young protagonists. One seems to be reckless to the point of death-defying, while the other is cautious and thoughtful to the point of paralysis. Yet they have survived in this place alone for many years thanks to mad Leonardo da Vinci like juryrigging skills. Perhaps we’d all be mini-Leonardo’s [more . . .]

Random Member Review

Mar 17, 2011: The Apocalypse Blog does a great job. It’s got solid writing – conversational, as suits the character and the blog – but literary in scarce moments. The story is compelling because the disaster is a mystery and not really something that the character ought to know much about. The kind of events that one might imagine would happen at the end of the world take well to the blog format. I guess that’s why there are so many zombie blogs these days. The Apocalypse Blog is (or was) one of [more . . .]